Archaic II

Bichrome Amphora

Pottery amphora in Bichrome ware; wheel-made; biconical-ovoid body on a low foot; wide cylindrical neck, tapering upwards to a thick, rolled rim; pair of large, opposing loop handles; buff clay and slip, decorated in brown, purple and white paint: large chequered and geometrically composed panels on body between the handles, the latter based on triangles and lotuses; narrower parallel bands on neck filled with hatched and solid triangles, chevrons, tongues, wavy bands, groups of white dots on dark etc; plain bands on the lower part of the body; chevron and ladder motif on the handle; solid foot; bands inside the mouth; rings on the lip. Dimensions: Height: 20.50 centimetres Object Type: amphora Ware: Bichrome Ware (Bichrome V (Polychrome variety)) Techniques: painted; wheel-made; slipped